LORAIN — A Lorain man was arrested and charged with felonious assault Aug. 7 after allegedly entering a home, exposing himself and assaulting a woman.

Lorain police were dispatched to the 900 block of South Central Drive at 12:54 a.m. about a fight in progress. A Lakewood man told police he was visiting his female friend’s house when an unknown male, later identified as Antonio Marshall, 42, came into the woman’s residence.

The man went upstairs and exposed himself to the woman while she was in the restroom, a Lorain police report said. The woman’s mother ran upstairs and pulled out a stun gun when Marshall struck the Lakewood man with a closed fist, and they began fighting, according to the report.

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The mother told police she attempted to use a Taser on Marshall, the report said. He took the Taser from her hand and threatened to use it on her daughter, the report said.

Marshall began punching the mother in the face and body with a closed fist, according to the report.

An unknown man came into the house and pulled Marshall off the mother and he fled, the report said. The victims believed Marshall had left the residence, but he returned, grabbed the mother and began punching her, knocking her to the ground and kicking her to the head, the report stated.

The men on scene chased Marshall down the street before police arrived on scene, the report said.

Police saw blood on the sidewalk leading up to the front porch and “all over” the living room, the report stated. The mother was on the couch bleeding and stating she was having trouble breathing. She was transported to Mercy Hospital, the report said.

Hospital staff said she suffered a broken neck during the assault. According to the report, she was life flighted to Metro Hospital for further treatment.

Police located Marshall near South Central Drive and Beech Avenue bleeding from the head and face, police said. He was transported to Mercy Hospital, where he claimed he was invited into the home by the woman he exposed himself to.

Marshall told police she asked if he had any drugs, to which he responded he didn’t use or have drugs. He also said she pulled out a Taser and told him to “give her what he has,” the report stated.

Marshall said a different woman came running up the stairs with a Taser, and he began fighting to get out of the house because he was getting robbed. He said at the time, two unknown men began punching him, knocked him to the ground and kicked him in the head and body, the police report said.

Marshall was being treated when he then threatened to assault Mercy Hospital emergency room staff and police officers, the report said.

While on the way to Lorain City Jail, Marshall told police he was attempting to get the initial victim to perform oral sex on him for $10 during the incident, and that he believes he was robbed of $17 during the assault.

Marshall was charged with felonious assault and intimidation for threatening emergency room staff. He is being held on $25,000 bond at Lorain Municipal Court, with a court date scheduled for Aug. 14.

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